Tools for Delivery and SuccessThe Road Safety Good Practice Guideis a definitive guide on road safety management, including the design of engineering measures and schemes includes best practice examples. See www.dft.gov.uk Urban Safety Management Guidelines offer a structured approach to preventing accidents and reducing casualties on urban roads. They also help local authorities develop road safety plans and implement the Local Authority Associations’ Road Safety Code of Good Practice in urban areas. They offer advice on safety management strategies and how they feed into national, regional and local targets and other wider policies. Full copies of the report from www.dft.gov.uk Setting Local Speed Limits (DfT Circular 08/06) has guidance on setting local speed limits that vary from the national speed limit. There is more information at www.dft.gov.uk Practical Road Safety Auditing is published by the Institute of Civil Engineers and brings together for practical use a range of audit procedures by various agencies. It also has case studies of road safety problems backed up by accident statistics and shows how they are solved. See www.ice.org.uk Home Zones are residential streets designed as places for people, not just vehicles. Restoring the balance between traffic and communities can help make streets safer, more sociable, and better places to live in. The Department for Transport has published a good practice guide Home Zones: Challenging the future of our streets which is available to download from www,dft.gov.uk The Neighbourhood Road Safety Initiative looks to find innovative ways of reducing road casualties, especially among children. By using education, research and publicity it aims to raise awareness of road safety and of the causes of collisions. There is an overview of the project at www,nrsi.org.uk |
